Considerations for user schedules
In order for users to perform backups and archives, an administrator must create a schedule that allows user backups.
User backup schedules and user archive schedules can be included in a policy that contains automatic backup schedules. If you create separate policies for user backups or user archives, the considerations are similar to those for automatic backups. In user backup schedules, however, no backup selection list is necessary because users select the objects before they start the backup or archive.
To use a specific policy or schedule for user backups or user archives, perform the tasks that are specified for each client type:
Table: Tasks for specifying a policy or schedule for user backups or user archives
Restores can be performed at any time and are not scheduled.
Note:
An archive is different from a backup. During an archive, NetBackup first backs up the selected files, and then deletes the files from the local disk if the backup is successful. In this topic, references to backups also apply to the backup portion of archive operations unless otherwise noted.